[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#932978: snmpd postinst fails

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

Package: snmpd
Version: 5.7.3+dfsg-5

Hello,
when trying to upgrade from stretch to buster, the postinst script for snmpd
fails:

# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up snmpd (5.7.3+dfsg-5) ...
invoke-rc.d: initscript snmpd, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing package snmpd (--configure):
 installed snmpd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 snmpd
# ps -ef |grep snmp 
Debian-+ 13892     1  0 12:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u Debian-snmp -g Debian-snmp -I -smux mteTrigger mteTriggerConf -p /run/snmpd.pid
root     13898 13579  0 12:45 pts/3    00:00:00 grep snmp

as you can see, the snmpd is running., but postinst fails again:

test.decodom.sk ~ # dpkg --configure -a
Setting up snmpd (5.7.3+dfsg-5) ...
invoke-rc.d: initscript snmpd, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing package snmpd (--configure):
 installed snmpd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 snmpd
# ps -ef |grep snmp
Debian-+ 13955     1  0 12:46 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u Debian-snmp -g Debian-snmp -I -smux mteTrigger mteTriggerConf -p /run/snmpd.pid
root     13959 13579  0 12:46 pts/3    00:00:00 grep snmp

as you can see, the snmpd pid changed, so it was correctly restarted.
I have tried to enable verbose init script processing:

# vi /etc/default/rcS
# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up snmpd (5.7.3+dfsg-5) ...
[ ok ] Restarting SNMP Services: snmpd.
# ps -ef |grep snmp
Debian-+ 14090     1  0 12:47 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u Debian-snmp -g Debian-snmp -I -smux mteTrigger mteTriggerConf -p /run/snmpd.pid
root     14131 13579  0 12:48 pts/3    00:00:00 grep snmp

"unfortunately" it seems has fixed the problem.
However it repeated on 2nd machine so there is a problem somewhere.

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